This is a clip from our recent podcast release with Marc Andreessen. In it, he and Dr. Jordan B. Peterson discuss AI training, how the major LLMs became woke, and the unfortunate likelihood of hardwiring in deeply human flaws.
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with entrepreneur and software pioneer, Marc Andreessen. They discuss the timeline of the woke institutional takeover, the ruinous effects it has had on Western ideology and business, the ways in which AI will shape society, and the immense responsibility we have to instill the future with an ethos and morality that serves human flourishing.
Marc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is an innovator and creator, one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies. Marc co-created the highly influential Mosaic internet browser and co-founded Netscape, which later sold to AOL for $4.2 billion. He also co-founded Loudcloud, which as Opsware, sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion. He later served on the board of Hewlett-Packard from 2008 to 2018.
Marc holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Marc serves on the board of the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Applied Intuition, Carta, Coinbase, Dialpad, Flow, Golden, Honor, OpenGov, Samsara, Simple Things, and TipTop Labs. He is also on the board of Meta.
This episode was filmed on December 18th, 2024.
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(0:00) Coming up
(0:42) Intro
(3:44) Parallel alignments between “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto” and the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship
(11:35) The unconstrained vision is a problem with humans, not AI
(14:00) “Orwell’s Revenge,” freedom and expression
(17:30) The problem of alignment with large language models, a false narrative being dominant will corrupt
(26:20) Why are the AIs woke? — “they’re being specifically trained to behave this way”
(33:48) “Socializing” AI
(37:45) De-facto cartels are ideologically driving our government, our schools, our technology…
(40:48) AI safety panic and the unfortunate likelihood of a government formed monolith
(44:47) The worshippers of power
(48:26) ARC: the story that will guide us to a prosperous future
(51:27) Using AI to untangle the core idea sets of free and abundant societies
(54:30) Recognizing red flags on the inside: why Andreessen speaks against the woke business takeover
(59:06) Brian Armstrong: companies need to focus on their mission, not every mission of society
(1:02:00) “The deal” — the unspoken political and social norms of big business
(1:06:39) Activated: What happened in 2017?
(1:11:35) The mass demoralization pipeline
(1:17:28) “They thought employee mobs were going to burn the place down”
(1:19:42) Dr. Peterson’s experience with activists at Penguin Random House
(1:23:02) Social media enables a pattern of aggression often associated with the feminine
(1:28:53) Can we safeguard emerging technology from government pressure?
(1:30:54) Mandated representation has a multiplicity problem — and it’s illegal
(1:39:03) IQ research shows racial disparities, making the government hiring mandates a catch-22
The ARC Conference 2025 will take place in London, UK, on the 17th-19th of February 2025. We are excited to draw together an invitational community from around the world to be part of the conversation as we work to re-lay the foundations of our civilization.
This is a clip from episode 8 of the new ten-part series, "The Gospels." The first 8 episodes are out now, only on DailyWire+: https://dwplus.watch/gospelsYT
This is a clip from our recent podcast release with Alex Epstein. In it, he and Dr. Jordan B. Peterson discuss the game-changing advent of AI down to the level of energy expenditure. Once the real trade is understood, the magnitude of the revelation becomes clear.
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Jordan Peterson sits down with philosopher, podcaster, and author Alex Epstein. They discuss the unprecedented need for energy to fuel the AI boom, the potential for abundant energy to outpace the problems it could create, the failure of the net-zero agenda, the necessity of a pro-human, pro-fossil fuel world, and the governmental policy ideas that would ensure an energy rich future.
Alex Epstein is a philosopher and energy expert who argues that "human flourishing" should be the guiding principle of energy and environmental progress. He is the author of the new bestselling book, “Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less.” He is also the creator of EnergyTalkingPoints.com — a source of powerful, well-referenced talking points on energy, environmental, and climate issues.
This episode was filmed on December 14th, 2024.
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(0:00) Coming up
(0:57) Intro
(8:25) The old system cannot handle increased energy demand
(11:07) The AI boom is driving new energy need
(16:40) The failure of the net-zero agenda
(20:02) The utility of renewables will be determined by a free market
(25:57) An anti-human worldview is anti-scientific
(34:23) Consider this when negotiating for what you want
(36:56) Economy and environment are the same thing: optimizing the earth for Human flourishing
(40:59) Pro-freedom energy policy and the untapped resource of nuclear power
(47:29) How to unleash North America’s energy industry
(51:54) Global greening in spite of the CO2 narrative
(1:00:27) Trading energy for intelligence - AI changes everything
(1:09:47) Removing the red tape, the renewable subsidy issue
(1:16:26) The government needs to do serious cost/benefit analysis
(1:26:45) What details you need to know to guide policy
(1:29:14) Climate mastery and resilience
(1:33:21) Forests are environmental dangers if not carefully maintained
(1:36:20) The arctic: “I don’t know why you’re so against development in a place with almost no life”
(1:37:31) We need executive action to promote nuclear power
(1:43:23) Balancing public presence and living through the details
This is a clip from our recent podcast release with Rob Schneider. In it, he and Dr. Jordan B. Peterson discuss the death of celebrity culture and the founding principle of Hollywood.
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This is a clip from our recent podcast with Pierre Poilievre. In it, he and Dr. Jordan B. Peterson discuss the deficit spending of the Trudeau regime, the absurd dollar amount spent on consultants annually, and how narcissism topples a government.
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Jordan Peterson sits down with actor, author, and comedian Rob Schneider. They discuss the unpredictable changes to both major political parties during the last presidential election, the fall of Hollywood and celebrity culture (by their own hand), how new and independent media finally broke the machine, and why Rob began speaking politically in spite of personal cost and sacrifice.
Rob Schneider is an accomplished actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the award-winning NBC sketch comedy series “Saturday Night Live,” Schneider has gone on to a successful career in films, television, and continues his worldwide stand-up tour.
This episode was filmed on November 25th, 2024.
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(0:00) Coming up
(1:01) Intro
(3:11) “There’s just liberals and those who aren’t crazy” — how the dichotomy changed
(16:02) The odd societal turn against itself, humans are not the problem
(21:10) The ignorant miracle of free speech in the United States
(30:38) Why Dr. Peterson hates the TSA: normalizing totalitarianism
(36:50) Postmodernists do not believe in the fundamental premise of free speech
(42:41) The day Donald Trump won
(47:44) Hollywood liberals killed celebrity culture, why no one watches the Academy Awards anymore
(52:21) Hollywood was founded on not paying people
(54:42) New media broke the machine
(1:01:57) The Democrats attacked journalists after the Biden media collusion was proven — the party is ruined
(1:06:19) Mark Cuban does not understand what equity means (or he’s lying)
(1:08:14) Trump is the most consequential politician in American history after Lincoln
(1:09:43) The biggest sin of the Justice Department
(1:18:28) Who will rise in the New Democratic Party? Elitism needs to be removed
(1:23:33) Meeting RFK Jr., standing for change in spite of personal cost
(1:29:10) The new aristocracy, the nationwide sense of relief following Trump’s win
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